Glossary
Project-specific Terms
- Arden
Syntax
- n.
Arden Syntax is a language for encoding medical knowledge.
See Arden Syntax home
page for more information.
- CDA
- n. The Clinical Document
Architecture. CDA is a document markup framework that
specifies
the structure and semantics of clinical documents. CDA is a
ANSI-approved HL7
standard.
- CLIPS
- n. CLIPS is an expert system
tool. See CLIPS home
page
for more
information.
- EMR
System
- n.
An Electronic
Medical
Record System is a software system that stores and manages a digital
version of the patient-specific medical
information.
- e-MS
- n.
An Electronic
Medical
Summary is a a
subset of patient data suitable for
communication among primary health care practitioners and other health
care providers for the purpose of sharing the care of a
patient.
See e-MS project home page
for more information.
- Knowledge
Module
- n.
Knowledge Module is a file
containing zero to many MLMPas on a common clinical area, for example
immunizations.
MLM
n.
Medical Logic Module. An MLM
is the main construct of Arden Syntax for representing medical
algorithms containing condition-action
rules. An MLM represents an independent unit of logic for a
single decision step.
TAPAS
n.
Technology-Assisted Practice
Application Suite. TAPAS is a project that includes other
open
source applications that are customized to support primary care
physicians practice. For more information see http://sourceforge.net/projects/tap-apps/